Allison Murphy is the Chief Operating Officer at Axios, where she oversees the company’s media business, leading strategy, marketing and communications, and overall operations. Since joining in 2023, she has driven the expansion of Axios Local to reach one-third of the U.S. population, accelerated AI experimentation, and advanced product innovation. Before Axios, Allison was a strategy leader at Capital One and spent nearly eight years at The New York Times spearheading product and advertising innovation.

Allison was named to the Adweek 50 list of 2025 for leading Axios Local’s growth, expansion into paid membership programs and AI-driven innovation. She was honored as a 2018 Digiday Changemaker and as a 2020 Ad Age 40 Under 40 recipient, recognizing her work in privacy-first ad technology while at The Times. She has an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and holds a B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Virginia.